immigration reform
In a possible sign of a shift in attitude for Republicans on the controversial subject of immigration reform, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus this week offered public rebukes on controversial remarks regarding immigrants made by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Senator Marco Rubio (R - Florida) has taken to the airwaves to urge the House of Representatives to push the immigration bill through after the Congressional recess of August, stating that if they don't, Democratic President Barack Obama may just find a way to issue the law by executive order.
With the U.S. House looming closer to a vote on the controversial immigration bill this fall, key legislators and advocates in favor of the bill have intensified the pressure on several fronts to persuade House Republicans to pass the legislation.
Sen. John McCain continued his push for immigration reform in Congress while speaking at a forum hosted by AFL-CIO and the Economic Policy Institute on Tuesday.
"The barriers have not changed in the last 30 or 40 years," she said.
President Obama will be visiting several major Spanish-speaking networks this week as he attempts to garner more public support while the House mulls over the Senate's immigration reform proposal on the table.
Days after the Republican body of the House of Representatives stated that they would not support the highly-debated immigration reform bill, President Obama once more took to the airwaves in his weekly radio address to call for the House to pass the bill into law.
As Congress prepares itself for a major debate regarding the controversial immigration reform proposal from the Senate, former President George W. Bush plans to speak on the bill next week.
With the immigration reform proposal due for a potentially earth-shaking debate this summer, another major Republican has issued his support for immigration reform, but some Democrats are becoming hesitant on the bill's tough border provisions.
On Sunday, legislators took to the airwaves as they argued their cases for and against the immigration reform bill's passage at the House this time around.
Proponents of immigration reform celebrated a historic victory on Thursday when the Senate successfully passed a comprehensive reform bill by a clear majority. Groups and organizations representing people from all walks of life, all across the country, are speaking out and voicing their approval and support for the legislation.
Opinion leaders and policy makers in Mexico spoke up on CNN about the upcoming immigration reform, particularly in what relates to border security.
Apparently undaunted by the perilous road ahead in the U.S. House of Representatives on the pending immigration reform bill, President Obama in his weekly radio address called for Congress to pass the bill, declaring that "the time for excuses is over."
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush argued for immigration reform, stating that more legal immigration would add to the American workforce and create more revenues from payroll taxes.
As a whole, Republicans are still on the fence regarding immigration reform, but they seem to be taking one large stance against adding in gay couples to the debate, as Sen. Marco Rubio's comments Thursday helped demonstrate.
